Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Alternative combination: Pleurotomaria heterospira

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1889. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Fasc 2. Nautiloidea e Gastropoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 20:97-182

Belongs to Borestus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Gemmellaro 1889

Sister taxa: Borestus costatus, Borestus granihumerosus, Borestus lunatus, Borestus magdalenensis, Borestus pagoda, Borestus planiapicata, Borestus procerus, Borestus rotundatus, Borestus similis, Borestus texanus, Borestus wrighti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio

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